Day: February 14, 2024

AfCFTA: NCDMB Advocates Database Of Skills, Uniform Standards For Goods, Services

Ganiyu Amodu

As plans to implement the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) continue to unfold, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has advocated the removal of visa restrictions among African nations, the creation of a database of available skills, and the simplification of cross border deployment of labour. The Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe made these recommendations in the keynote address he delivered on Monday in Lagos at the Nigerian Local Content AfCFTA Energy Summit organised by the Board in partnership with the Petroleum Technology…

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‘It Has Just started,’ Nigerians To Suffer More Days of Heat – NiMet

Ganiyu Amodu

. Convulsion in Children, Disease Outbreak Imminent. 3 Ways To Stay Safe   The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has said that the excessive heat being experienced in the country presently would remain for a while. NiMET disclosed this in its weather and climate update posted on its official X page on Wednesday. The agency in the post also outlined the weather’s implications and provided guidance to the public on how to manage the situation. “Air Temperatures hit 41°C over the North and 39°C over the South with model Projections indicating temperatures…

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Femi Falana, COVID-19 Fund And Art Of Misrepresentation, By Temitope Ajayi

ADEOLA YUSUF

“It is important to state here that Mr. Falana has a strong reputation for exaggerations and embellishments.” Here is the proof.   There is a viral video where human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, made allusion to the sum of N135 billion given to the 36 states in December 2023 at a memorial event in honour of Dr. Beko Ransome-Kuti. It is important to state here that Mr. Falana has a strong reputation for exaggerations and embellishments. What the Lagos lawyer rendered in that trending video was total misrepresentation of…

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Nigeria Mulls Commodity Board To Curb Rising Food Prices

Abibat Babalola

The Nigerian Government on Tuesday hinted at plans to establish a National Commodity Board to curtail the escalating food inflation in Nigeria. Vice President Kashim Shettima, who revealed the plan, said in tackling price volatility, the board will be empowered to “continually assess and regulate food prices, maintaining a strategic food reserve for stabilising prices of crucial grains and other food items.” Shettima said this when he declared open a two-day high-level strategic meeting on climate change, food systems, and resource mobilisation held at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa,…

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NANNM Vows To Address Nurses’ Concerns On New Guidelines

Abibat Babalola

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives on Tuesday said it will stop at nothing to ensure that the concerns raised by its members are properly and promptly addressed. Nurses under the aegis of NANNM on Monday protested at the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria’s offices in Abuja and Lagos, respectively, to express their displeasure over what they described as an attempt to hinder their freedom to pursue career opportunities, asking the council to address nurses’ welfare, salary scale, shortage of staff, and other rights. READ ALSO: Police…

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Police Confirm Arrest Of Plateau Catholic Priests Kidnapper In Ogun

Abibat Babalola

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Christopher Yaro, in connection with the abduction of two Catholic priests in Plateau State. The Command Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a telephone interview with the Nigerian Tribune on Tuesday. The priests were abducted last Thursday in Pankshin, Plateau State. The PPRO informed that the suspect was arrested by operatives of the Command in Ago-Iwoye in the Ijebu North Area of the State. The victims, Father Kenneth Kanwa and Father Jude Nwachukwu, were…

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VIDEO: Gas Explosion Rocks Lagos

Ganiyu Amodu

. How it happened, NEMA reacts as shops, goods worth millions of naira destroyed   A gas explosion has rocked the Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State. Platforms Africa confirmed, after visiting the scene around 9:55pm on Tuesday, that the explosion occurred at a gas retail shop destroying other adjoining shops and properties. Some residents were seeing fleeing the scene of the incident that started at about 9:47pm while shop owners were scene panicking. Platforms Africa further gathered that the fire left shops and properties destroyed. Operatives of the state fire…

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